Chapter 22: The Great Butterfly
After a short time, Frasio leaped out of the castle with a rare solemnity on his face. The pen and the www.biquge.info saw him whisper something to the other three examiners, and then left again into the woods behind the castle.
"What happened to the two of them?" the students couldn't help but ask.
"There is a mysterious power in the Hundred Grass Forest, and you must have known it from your own sources when you entered here. As we, the Knight Guild, are also tracking down the source of this power, Fracio will deal with the disappearance of the two cadets, so you should focus on the next test!" said Keese to the crowd.
"The disappearance of Bretto and Zell has something to do with that power, haven't you heard that going in and out at night makes people go missing?" Bell looked up, and although most of the sky was covered in thick foliage, he could still see the sky gradually darkening through the gaps. "Although it was getting late, we didn't get out of the Hundred Grass Forest, did we?"
"Sounds like those two unlucky bastards have become bait for the guild to study the mysterious powers?" Bono said, "Or are we all guild bait?" As soon as these words came out, a trace of dissatisfaction slowly sprouted in the hearts of everyone.
"Bait, hmph, you think we put the test in the Hundred Grass Forest in order to make you the bait for us to track that power? You think you think too highly of your own strength!" Lineker suddenly said in a loud voice, the old man usually did not communicate much with the students, and even the courses of the pharmaceutical department were managed by his assistant, and Bono's words obviously angered him.
"You don't have to think about it, almost all of the Academy's assistants are stationed around the Hundred Grass Forest, and you also know that the Association now has a strict mortality rate for each Academy, and with your ability, the Dean will not take such a big risk, but then again, the knighthood career is already full of unknown variables, and the final test will not be so easy to deal with, didn't you think about this when you entered the Academy?" Seeing that the atmosphere was a little stiff, Torrey played a round on the side.
Everyone was silent, indeed, it was normal for knights to pay the price of their lives in the execution of their tasks, compared to the final test of the academy, which was much gentler.
The two sides no longer quarreled over this, and Tori also directly announced the start of the fourth round of testing: "In this forest, the reason why it is called a treasure trove in the medical community is not only because of the medicinal herbs all over the mountains, but also because there are many demonic beasts lurking in the dark, and their organs also have magical medicinal effects. ”
"This is the Monster Fury-faced Butterfly and its chrysalis," Ji Si pulled out a picture, "This kind of butterfly chrysalis is golden, twice as large as a normal chrysalis, and at midnight it slowly peels off its skin to form a golden powder, which is a very rare raw material in the pharmaceutical world. ”
"The fourth round of testing will test your ability to steal, and about five kilometers along this trail will be the habitat of the Fury-faced butterflies, and you will need to find these golden chrysalis and obtain this golden powder before sunrise!"
Everyone looked at the picture in Keites's hand, and the pattern of the butterfly's wings when it was spread out did resemble an angry human face.
Although it is a monster creature, its prototype is just a butterfly, how strong can an insect be attacked?
"Hehe, do you think that the demonic beasts you encountered before can be compared to the demonic beasts in the depths of the forest?" Lineker seemed to see through the minds of the students, only to see him roll up his sleeves, and there were several shocking red scars on his arms, "These golden chrysalis are guarded by the Angry Face Butterfly at all times, and I ask you to try to 'steal' just to avoid confrontation with them!"
Being able to leave scars on the instructors of the academy, everyone's scalps are also numb, this angry face butterfly is really fierce enough.
"You can't cooperate or fight each other in the woods for this round of testing, all you need to do is get the golden powder, and you'll have to get back here quickly!" Tori ordered.
The crowd no longer underestimated the angry butterfly, and after a little rectification, they rushed to the depths of the woods every two minutes under the arrangement of the examiner.
"Tori, do you think the test can continue?" Lineker asked after all the students had left.
"Fracio's mind is also unpredictable, so we must also participate in this round, at least to protect them from accidents, it's really troublesome!" Tori was also helpless about Fracio's decision to continue testing.
"Trust him, that man would never make a decision that he was not sure of. Keith didn't question it, her weapon was already emitting bursts of blue light, indicating that its owner was ready for battle.
The two examiners did not object, Lineker said no more, and then the three of them led some of the house assistants into the woods.
At midnight, somewhere deep in the Hundred Grass Forest.
With a bang, a qigong bomb slammed into the tree, and the tree only produced a few thin marks, and it was immediately repaired by the green sap that poured in.
And in front of this tree, a huge butterfly, flapping its wings that looked like an angry face, and at the same time making a battle cry of "chirping", which was obviously the monster angry face butterfly, and the person in front of it was already physically exhausted, kneeling on the ground with one hand.
"Whew...... Whew......" Bell gasped, "damn it, this butterfly is even more ferocious than an eagle!"
With a "bang", the angry butterfly blew a whirlwind again, attacking Bell.
Bell's defenses had long been shattered in front of it, and he could only dodge again, but the Wrath-faced Butterfly's whirlwind attack covered a huge area, and even if Bell dodged in time, his body was still scarred. And his qigong bomb is tantamount to scratching the boot for the angry face butterfly.
"The academy actually let us come here to face such a level of demonic beast!" Bell gritted his teeth in anger, and had already scolded the dean one hundred and eighty times in his heart. However, he also regretted that he did not follow the advice of the examiner and had a head-on confrontation with Angry Butterfly.
A few hours earlier, Bell had set off for the ninth.
There was no cooperation and no need to fight each other, so Bell didn't have to worry about anyone else, and he rushed into the depths of the forest as fast as he could.
Although only one person set off two minutes apart, in the huge jungle, the previous student had long since disappeared, and he didn't know which direction to go, so after Bell set off, there was no one else around. About five kilometers from the starting point, Bell felt the magic of the forest.
This is a strange kind of tranquility, many of the nighttime activities of the monster animals have come out, making some unique calls, but it does not affect the silence around them, they seem to exist in two spaces, all kinds of strange sound sources are superimposed on the silence, and the ears can clearly peel them off, enjoy the ethereal part of the silence.
However, on this night, this picture is bound to be broken by the arriving prospective knights.
After making a preliminary judgment of the geographical situation, Bell chose a direction and began to slowly move inward. Aware of the guarded gazes around him, he tried to minimize his elemental power so as not to disturb the predators in the dark. In this round, the goal is only to obtain the golden powder, so avoiding unnecessary battles is also one of the rules that knights need to practice.
After walking for a while, a dark shadow suddenly appeared from the bushes on the side. Bell, who was always on guard, reacted quickly and quickly, and immediately swung his right hand to meet it, but when he saw it clearly, he immediately withdrew his fist, because the black shadow was actually Amu's squirrel Qiqi, it sniffed at Bell, and immediately ran away again.
"Kiki, is Amu also nearby, why aren't they together?"
The two inseparable companions actually acted separately, thinking of Zell and Bretto, who had disappeared before, and Bell raised his own vigilance to the top. He quickly walked in the direction where Kiki had come, and there was no sign of Amu except for a few greedy glances along the way, but he soon noticed a few white chrysalis hanging upside down from a tree not far away, but there was no golden chrysalis of the kind described by Keith.
Since Amu was not found, Bell did not worry about it anymore, and focused his energy on finding the golden chrysalis, because the white chrysalis that appeared indicated that this should be a butterfly chrysalis area. Bell slowed down and walked slowly, and gradually, the number of chrysalis began to increase, and soon he noticed the golden touch between the white chrysalis.
The golden chrysalis stood out in a white chrysalis, and it was a few points larger than an ordinary pupa, and it did not hang upside down under the tree, but just lay on the branches, waiting for the cocoon to come out of the cocoon.
Bell quietly ducked to the side, patiently waiting for it to automatically secrete the golden powder. He estimated the current time, and secretly congratulated himself that his luck was not bad.
At this moment, Bell was clever and hurriedly rolled to the side, because he felt a strong wind behind him. When he turned around, he was startled. I saw a pair of wings more than two meters long flapping rapidly, and there was a human face on it glaring at Bell.
"Butterfly can grow so big?" Before he had time to think about it, Butterfly attacked again, and Bell hurriedly dodged, but he didn't expect that the second round of attack was twice as fast as before, and the impact surface was much larger, and Bell was knocked out in one fell swoop.
Bell suddenly felt a strong force throw himself up, his internal organs also twisted, and his original defensive posture was also disturbed, and he fell heavily to the ground.
However, instead of attacking again, the furious butterfly stared at Bell, flying back and forth, seemingly unwilling to fight, only trying to drive the intruder away from the area and warning him not to step in again.
It turns out that the temperament of this kind of monster is not fierce, Bell thought to himself. However, the blow just now had already made him feel the strength of the Fury Face Butterfly, so he feigned surrender, turned away, and lurked not far away.
As time passed, midnight approached, and the golden chrysalis began to emit bursts of dark light, as if it was about to shed its skin. And the angry-faced butterfly didn't fly away, and kept hovering around the golden chrysalis. Bell was a little anxious, he would definitely not be able to get the golden powder if he continued like this. So he made up his mind and prepared to take the initiative.
He carefully observed the wrath-faced butterfly's circling path, and found that it was not irregular, for a few seconds, it was the longest distance from the golden chrysalis, and Bell observed his distance from the golden chrysalis, and calculated that after sneaking for a while, he could rush to the golden chrysalis in two seconds and remove the shed skin.
So Bell relaxed his whole body and completely converged the Yuan Force. He reminisced about the stealth he had learned in the academy and slowly melted into the jungle environment, as if he were one of the elements of the forest, and any creature could see itself as a plant.
Soon, the light emitted by the golden chrysalis became brighter and brighter, and some of the white chrysalis around were also restless at this time, hanging upside down under the tree and constantly swinging. Bell had already sneaked to the distance he could control, and the moment the furious butterfly reached its farthest position, he flew towards the golden chrysalis.
The light of the golden chrysalis became more and more dazzling, and it had completely engulfed the surrounding creatures. Bell didn't expect this, he couldn't see the target clearly due to the light, but he couldn't retreat at this point, and could only barely make out the general location of the Furious Face Butterfly. "That's it!" In the dazzling light, Bell vaguely saw a butterfly shadow arrive at the position predicted before, and without the slightest hesitation, he immediately concentrated his Yuan Force on his lower body and shot towards the golden chrysalis like a cannonball. Unfortunately, just as Bell activated, the Fury Butterfly spotted the intruder, and it screamed and struck at lightning speed.
Just as Bell was about to touch the golden chrysalis, a hurricane swept him out again.
I saw that the chrysalis had disappeared, and was replaced by another angry-faced butterfly. It was much smaller than the previous one, and it was clearly a juvenile beast.
It turned out that after the chrysalis shed its epidermis, it broke out of its cocoon and became a butterfly......